ERIC ED522925: KIDS COUNT Data Book, 2011: State Profiles of Child Well-Being. America's Children, America's Challenge: Promoting Opportunity for the Next Generation

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State Profiles of Child Well-Being
2011 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
AmericA’s children, AmericA’s chAllenge
Promoting Opportunity
for the Next Generation

State Profiles of Child Well-Being
2011 KIDS COUNT DaTa BOOK
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
AmericA’s children, AmericA’s chAllenge
Promoting Opportunity
for the Next Generation
© 2011 Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Baltimore, MD 21202
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ISSN 1060-9814
Acknowledgments
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS Finally, we would like to thank the
COUNT Data Book could not be produced state KIDS COUNT projects (listed
and distributed without the help of numer- on page 75), for making the Data Book
ous people. The publication was assembled available to national, state, and local leaders
and produced under the general direc- across the country.
tion of Laura Speer. Other Casey staff who Permission to copy, disseminate, or
contributed to this report include Sue Lin otherwise use information from this Data
Chong, Don Crary, Florencia Gutierrez, Lisa Book is granted as long as appropriate
Hamilton, Jann Jackson, Michael Laracy, acknowledgment is given.
Julee Newberger, Beadsie Woo, and members The 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book
of the KIDS COUNT team. Nancy Cauthen can be viewed, downloaded, or ordered
and Amy Saltzman provided writing and on the Internet at www.kidscount.org.
research support, and Debbie Cohen and
Betsy Rubiner wrote the family stories. Outreach Partners
Most of the data presented in the Data The Annie E. Casey Foundation wishes
Book were collected and organized by the to thank our Outreach Partners for their
staff at the Population Reference Bureau. support and assistance in promoting and
We are especially grateful to Jean D’Amico, disseminating the 2011 KIDS COUNT
Genevieve Dupuis, Nadwa Mossaad, and Data Book. With the help of our partners,
Kelvin Pollard, who assembled, organized, data on the status and well-being of kids
checked, and re-checked the figures used here. and families are shared with policymakers,
Special thanks are also due the staff at advocates, practitioners, and citizens to help
KINETIK Communication Graphics, Inc., for enrich local, state, and national discussions
design and production services; the staff on ways to improve outcomes for America’s
at Hager Sharp, for helping to promote most vulnerable children.
and disseminate the Data Book; Connie To learn more about the Annie E. Casey
Dykstra of The Hatcher Group, for managing Foundation’s 2011 KIDS COUNT Outreach
production; and Jayson Hait of eye4detail, Partners, please visit www.kidscount.org
for proofreading and copyediting. for a complete list of organizations.
the kids coUnt dAtA center
One-Stop Source for
Child Well-Being Data
The KIDS COUNT Data Center provides
easy online access to hundreds of child
well-being indicators in areas of education,
employment and income, health, poverty,
new mobile site
and youth risk factors. Data are available
all indicators currently
for the nation and for states, as well as
found on the KIDS
for many cities, counties, and school
COUNT Data Center
districts. The Data Center offers multiple can be accessed
tools to customize and share information. quickly and easily
Ranking, mapping, and graphing tools allow anytime, anywhere at:
customization of data that can be shared mobile.kidscount.org
and updated through social media and
state Profile Pages
other web-based applications.
now Available online
access the Data Center at: National and State profile
datacenter.kidscount.org pages previously available
in the Data Book are
now accessible online at:
datacenter.kidscount.org/
databook/2011/profiles
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contents
6 Family Stories:
Manuel Luna, San antonio, Texas
8 Essay
32 Family Stories:
Rosa Huestis, Rochester, New Hampshire
34 Summary and Findings
40 National Indicator Maps:
State Rates
62 Family Stories:
Charles Leach III, atlanta, Georgia
64 Appendix
Multi-Year State Trend Data
for Overall Ranks
66 Family Stories:
Jenny Chiu, Los angeles, California
68 Definitions and
Data Sources
71 Criteria for Selecting
KIDS COUNT Indicators
72 Family Stories:
Mary Kelley, Baltimore, Maryland
74 Primary Contacts for
State KIDS COUNT Projects
82 About the Annie E. Casey
Foundation and KIDS COUNT
Family Stories
mAnUel lUnA
San Antonio, Texas
Today, Manuel Luna has a good full-
time job with benefits, to support his
“It broke me down,
wife and four young children. But he
emotionally and remembers well the financial and emo-
tional toll of being unemployed for almost
mentally, that I
five months after losing his job in 2009.
couldn’t provide and, he credits the help he received from
several programs, with pulling his family
for my family.
through what he calls “our depression.”
We’d never been
The Earned Income Tax Credit provided
in a situation like extra cash to help the family catch up
on bills and pay off debts. Supplemental
this before.”
Nutrition assistance Program benefits
(formerly food stamps) and the San
antonio Food Bank not only helped feed
his family, but also freed up money to buy
other essentials, like school uniforms and
shoes. The Energy assistance Program
helped pay for utilities, which allowed
other money to pay such bills as the rent.
6 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book State Profiles of Child Well-Being
“Right now, we’re stable,” says Luna, 31,
who has worked since September 2010 as
a utility technician for the city’s public
water system and, before that, in a restau-
rant warehouse. “But we really went through “It broke me down, emotionally and men-
a hard time. The programs helped us.” tally, that I couldn’t provide for my family.
We’d never been in a situation like this
The Lunas also tapped into financial
before,” admits Luna. Counseling “helped
education programs to improve their
build my confidence back” and it eased
credit and work toward qualifying for an
Practical solutions
his wife’s anxiety and “helped us as a
Individual Development account to save
family, bringing us more closely together.”
for college and to buy a home. Luna’s wife
Hilda Laura, 29, a stay-at-home mother, after their financial and emotional health Helping families to
decided to start vocational training and improved, Manuel and Hilda Laura weather tough employ-
will soon earn a cosmetology degree. Luna plunged into community activities. ment setbacks with
Manuel has served as a PTa president temporary benefits,
angry and despondent after losing his
and coached his children’s sports teams. combined with finan-
role as the family breadwinner, Manuel
The couple has been involved in a cial literacy and other
Luna attended anger management classes
neighborhood improvement group and the counseling services, can
and family counseling. The family found
Volunteer Income Tax assistance program. lessen the economic
resources and service providers through
and emotional toll and
the annie E. Casey Foundation’s Making “I am better off than I was before I got
put them on a more
Connections program and the Casey- laid off. I was working a lot and wasn’t
solid path to success.
supported Center for Working Families, spending much time with my wife and
which serves low-income families. kids,” says Luna. “The counseling and
anger management helped me see what
I really was missing. I’m working a good
job. My wife is happy. I’m spending more
time with my kids. For all the little things
that I have, I am happy.”
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America’s Children, America’s Challenge
Promoting Opportunity
for the Next Generation
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